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Photo taken in June at the Temperance River State Park in northeastern Minnesota. I love the look of the lonely bridge off in the distance before the river runs into Lake Superior. The Temperance River is one of many in this part of Minnesota’s rugged North Shore and is one of the breading grounds for delicious Steelhead Trout. The fish swim upstream from massive Lake Superior and lay their eggs in the calmer, milder waters of the rivers. Two to […]

Lake Superior is one of the largest lakes in the world. It is one of the Great Lakes and is an important shipping port for many of Minnesota’s products. It is so large at points that you cannot see the other side. It looks like a grand ocean. Yet you are fooled when you remember that it is simply a lake albeit a big one. Photo taken looking over the North Shore of Lake Superior in early June as a […]

This week’s Sunday Photo Challenge by Jacksprinter is another timely subject: Water. It just so happens that I spent my weekend surrounded by water, in the heart of northern Minnesota and the start of the Boundary Waters Wilderness and Canoe Area (BWCA). This part of the country affords some of the most spectacular, untouched wilderness and bodies of water in the nation. Yesterday, we took a three hour hike into the BWCA to Eagle Mountain, the highest point in Minnesota. […]

Did you know that Lake Superior is one of the largest freshwater bodies of water in the world? It is abound in gorgeous, pristine nature. I thought I would share two shots with you now. One of a wild rose closing at dusk and the other of a new friend I found this morning sunning on the porch. Some kind of unbelievable moth.

Here are two different takes of this amazing place, sunset and sunrise. As we are east we only get the reflections of the sun. Yet it is still spectacular. Ah, to be somewhere where the air is so pure and fresh, is a wonderful feeling.